<p>Christopher Columbus who has been credited with discovering America may not be the first to land on the continent, as a new study has revealed another Italian navigator may have had the knowledge of European expeditions to the “New World” that predated Columbus’s 1492 voyage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Columbus famously sailed to the Caribbean islands in 1492 but he wouldn’t reach the mainland of the New World till 1498.<br /><br />Now, ancient historic documents reveal that with a royal patent from Henry VII of England, Italian merchant John Cabot sailed from Bristol to North America in 1497.<br /><br />The document, found through some serious sleuthing of the works of a secretive historian, suggest that Cabot made three voyages between the summers of 1496 and 1498, and on the second one, carried out in 1497, he landed in Newfoundland.<br /><br /> They also suggest that Europeans may have discovered the New World decades before both Cabot and Columbus set sail.<br /></p>
<p>Christopher Columbus who has been credited with discovering America may not be the first to land on the continent, as a new study has revealed another Italian navigator may have had the knowledge of European expeditions to the “New World” that predated Columbus’s 1492 voyage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Columbus famously sailed to the Caribbean islands in 1492 but he wouldn’t reach the mainland of the New World till 1498.<br /><br />Now, ancient historic documents reveal that with a royal patent from Henry VII of England, Italian merchant John Cabot sailed from Bristol to North America in 1497.<br /><br />The document, found through some serious sleuthing of the works of a secretive historian, suggest that Cabot made three voyages between the summers of 1496 and 1498, and on the second one, carried out in 1497, he landed in Newfoundland.<br /><br /> They also suggest that Europeans may have discovered the New World decades before both Cabot and Columbus set sail.<br /></p>
